HYDERABAD: Gone are the days of password hacking and morphed pictures of stars. Guess what’s keeping the cyber police busy these days? It is the fake profiles created by people and the content posted by them on social networking sites. No wonder, US President Barack Obama himself has barred his two daughters from accessing Facebook.
The problem of online stalking and defamation is on the rise in the twin cities. A case in point is that of K Deepak, a techie, who was arrested by the cyber crime police on Saturday for creating profiles in his fiancee’s name on Facebook and Google+ and posting pictures of her, alone and with him. And just two days prior to this incident, another city chap, G Krishna, who is pursuing his B.Tech from Chennai, was arrested for creating a fake Facebook account of an MBBS student and posting objectionable content on it.
Youngsters use Facebook as a medium for posting these pictures. They opt for Facebook, as it is very quick and convenient and fake profiles can be created in a jiffy.
Motives behind such behaviour range from past grudges, insecurity and obsession to rejection and in some cases, even fun. And when it comes to the consequences, the ultimate sufferer is the girl in a majority of cases. With youngsters going on a dating-spree in the city, break-ups are becoming common for a number of reasons. Couples click pictures of themselves to cherish their private moments, but once their bond starts weakening, these pictures become weapons of blackmailing. This is what happened in the cases of both Deepak and Krishna.
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